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Ladies should visit the...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 35 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From Wikipedia: At the end of her cable-laying career [1878] she was refitted once again as a liner but once again efforts to make her a commercial success failed. She was used as a showboat, a floating palace/concert hall and gymnasium. She acted as an advertising hoarding—sailing up and down the Mersey for Lewis's Department Store, who at this point were her owners, before being sold. The idea was to attract people to the store by using her as a floating visitor attraction. By the time she was sold piecemeal at auction in 1888 she had become an embarrassment.
  • Robin Parkes said:
    Thank you for the photo. So sad to see her in that state.
  • ccferrie said:
    From PortCities : Eventually, in 1885, the unwanted hulk was hired by Lewis's department store in Liverpool. The store wanted to use her as a music hall, fun fair and a giant advertising billboard. The tired old screw engines were coaxed into powering the ship to the River Mersey, where it was opened to the public at a shilling (5 pence) a head. After exhibition trips to Dublin and the River Clyde, which did not make much money at all, the Great Eastern returned to the River Mersey in 1888.
  • Wendy: said:
    great photo and unusual end use!
  • ccferrie said:
    From History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications : By the time the Great Eastern reached Liverpool the port side facing Birkenhead carried the slogan ‘LADIES SHOULD VISIT LEWIS’S BON MARCHE CHURCH STREET’, while on the starboard side facing Liverpool: Towards the stern: LEWIS’S ARE THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE Lewis’s name was painted in 30 feet high letters. Towards the bows: RANELAGH STREET LEWIS’S BON MARCHE LIVERPOOL BASNETT STREET MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, BIRMINGHAM On the paddle box: THE BON MARCHE LIVERPOOL

Tourists at Port Stephens 1909

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

'SS ORIENT 3', Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    See comments on 'SS ORIENT 1' photo -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Likely to be the Anniversary Day Regatta 26/1/1884. Can anyone identify the Manly paddle steamer, full of folk dressed up for a Grand Day Out ?
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Fear not! We have passed this photo to our friendly ferry consultant & will post the results post haste :) Might help clear up the other details.
  • MV Baragoola said:
    It's Fairlight
  • beachcomber australia said:
    MV Baragoola Thank you! See another FAIRLIGHT photo by Mr Hall for comments and further links -